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Jean-Baptiste Huet

Wallpaper

Maker

Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745-1811), designer
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (French, 1753–1791), manufacturer

Title

Wallpaper

Year

ca. 1810

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

wood-block printed

Geography

Place Made: Paris

Dimensions

63 x 51 cm (24 13/16 x 20 1/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

34.888

Type

Exhibition History

The Art of French Wallpaper Design
Nov 15, 2024 – May 11, 2025

Label copy

As with design collaborations today, manufactures often employed well-known artists to create products. Jean-Baptiste Huet was both a painter and a printmaker—expertise that lent itself to designing textiles and wallpaper. This scene, with figures and architectural elements in a landscape, is reminiscent of his toile de Jouy textiles.

On the Wall
Wallpaper by Contemporary Artists
Feb 07, 2003 – Apr 20, 2004

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Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Huet (French, 1745-1811), designer
Jean-Baptiste Réveillon (French, 1753–1791), manufacturer
Wallpaper, ca. 1810
Woodblock print on paper
63 x 51 cm (24 13/16 x 20 1/16 inches)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 34.888

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